Choose a topic for your paper and type it here:
(5 points)
1) Catcher is largely autobiographical.
February 4 — thesis due
Your thesis tells your readers what point you will be making and defending about the novel.
For a guide to writing your thesis (and some examples) click here. Write your thesis here:
(5 points)
In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, The author J.D. Salinger is very much like the character Holden that he writes about. His real life relates to many things Holden does in the book. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty lost and confused in the world.
February 5 — identify three main body topics
Your three main body topics are the main topics you will use to defend your thesis.
You should use at least three different subtopics (main bodies) to defend your thesis in the paper.
Many students use 4, 5, or even more main body topics to organize their papers.
THREE IS JUST A MINIMUM.
Please enter (at least) three main body topics here:
(5 points)
1)
2)
3)
February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragrpah tells your readers the thesis of your paper, and briefly outlines the main body paragraph topics you will use to prove and defend your thesis. Type (or link to) your Introductory Paragraph here:
(10 points)
Jerome David Salinger was born on January first 1919 in New York City. He started his reputation on a single novel, The Catcher in the Rye, which was written in 1951. The principal character in the book, Holden Caulfield, wrote about the growing pains of a generation of high school and college students.In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, The author J.D. Salinger is very much like the character Holden that he writes about. His real life relates to many things Holden does in the book. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty lost and confused in the world.
February 7 — critical articles (secondary sources) due
You need at least three secondary sources (essays or articles about the novel written by professional critics) from which you will quote the words of the author/critic to help defend your thesis. List the titles and authors of your three secondary sources here:
(5 points)
NOTE: It is a good idea to find more than three articles in case you change your mind about using one of them. Remember, your final paper must have a total of 8-15 quotes from these secondary sources to help you make your point and defend your thesis. These eight quotes must come from at least three different secondary sources.
February 8 — secondary source quotes
Using each of your three articles at least once, select at least 8 details or quotes from your articles to defend thesis.
YOU MUST LIST THE QUOTE, THE SOURCE OF THE QUOTE, AND THE MAIN BODY TOPIC OF YOUR PAPER WHERE YOU WILL USE THE QUOTE. List at least eight quotes from secondary sources here:
(5 points)
1) QUOTE: Like Holden, he was restless in fashionable prep schools, and he was finally sent to Valley Forge Military Academy, a model for Pencey Prep in his novel.
TITLE & PAGE: 1- J.D Salinger
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: education
2) QUOTE:After dropping out of Ursinus, he went to other schools only to fail again and again, and finally ended up at Columbia University
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: education
3) QUOTE:Salinger and Holden are also similar because of their many failed attempts to find a meaningful, lasting relationship with a woman. The failed relationships in Holden's life include Sally Hayes, Jane Gallagher, three older women in a lounge, and the prostitute, Sunny. On the other hand, Salinger's situation was not much better. His first love, Oona, left him, and his first two marriages ended in divorce (Salinger, Margaret).
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:confused
4) QUOTE:"Salinger said that his own childhood was much like that of the boy Holden Caulfield."
TITLE & PAGE:J.D Salinger page 1
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: family
5) QUOTE: "Raised in Manhattan, Salinger was the second of two children of a prosperous Jewish importer and a Scots- Irish mother."
TITLE & PAGE:J.D salinger page 1
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: family
6) QUOTE:"The attitude of Salinger has been found in much of his writing as there is a pattern throughout his work of impatience with the tedium of formal learning and academic types."
TITLE & PAGE: J.D salinger page 3
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:education
7) QUOTE:In the book, Holden hates being in social environments and having to talk to people,J.D. Salinger is exactly the same. He does not enjoy being in the public or having anyone know what is going on in his life.
TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye"
AUTHOR:Kyle Mori
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
8) QUOTE:
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:
(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)
February 11 — primary source quotes
Please select at least 10 details from the novel to defend thesis Feb 11 List them here:
(5 points)
1) QUOTE: "This is about the fourth school I've gone to." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 9
SUBTOPIC: education
2) QUOTE: "The worst he will do, he"ll give me hell again, and then he'll send me to that goddam military school." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 166
SUBTOPIC: education
3) QUOTE::"They kicked me out. i wasn't supposed to come back after christmas vacation, on account of i was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all."
PAGE NUMBER: 4
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
4) QUOTE: "I don't even know what I was running for, i guess i just felt like it."
PAGE NUMBER: page 5
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
5) QUOTE: What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
PAGE NUMBER: page 5
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
6) QUOTE:The nuns kept asking me if I was sure I could afford it. i told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but they didn't seem to believe me." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 110
SUBTOPIC: family
7) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
8) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
9) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
10) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)
February 12 — outline your main body
Please arrange your 10 primary source quotes and your 8 secondary source quotes into an outline of the body of your critical paper.
In other words, list the quotes in the order you will use them under each main body topic.
If you use a word document to do this, this could become the framework for your actual paper (because you could type your own writing in between the quotes after you've arranged them in order in this outline, thus creating a draft of your actual paper).
Please post (or link to) a word document containing the outline of your main body (everything but your intro and conclusion) here:
(5 points)
February 13 — first draft of main body
Write a draft of the body of your paper for peer review.
Please create a link to this first draft, calling it (YOURNAME)'S FIRST DRAFT, as a new wiki page.
Ask at least three of your classmates to read your draft (you might need to tell them where to find it by emailing them a link).
Students will be expected to read each other's drafts and leave comments in the discussion board.
(10 points)
February 14 — peer review
List the names of at least three of your classmates whose first drafts you read and commented upon:
(5 points)
1)
2)
3)
At this point, begin revising your draft and come up with a second rough draft.
February 19 — final rough draft
Submit a paper copy of your final draft of the body to the teacher.
(20 points)
February 21 — rough draft of conclusion paragraph
Please type (or link to) the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here:
(5 points)
February 22 — final draft of conclusion paragraph
Revise your conclusion paragraph and present a copy to your teacher today. Also, please type (or link to) the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here:
(10 points)
Many people in the book are just like people that were actually in Salingers life. There were many quotes throughout the book that proved that certain things were actually autobiographical. There have been many sourses also in which show that many things that Holden does, Salinger did also. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty secluded and unsure in the world.
February 25 — Works Cited Page due
Turn in a paper copy of your works cited page to your teacher today! Link to the Word document of your works cited page here:
(20 points)
February 27 — CRITICAL PAPER DUE!!!
Turn in the final draft of critical paper TODAY, including:
a) note cards
b) outline of body
c) all rough drafts
d) completed checklist, signed
e) final draft of paper, typed, double spaced (5-7 pgs.)
f) final works cited / references page
(100 points)
March 5 — TURN IT IN (dot com)
Today is the final day for MANDATORY submission of your final critical paper to www.turnitin.com
FAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON YOUR PAPER!
Hooray!! You're done!
Now let's have some fun making our Julius Caesar movie!
Back to Critical Papers HomeJanuary 29 — folder and parent signature due
Did you show the teacher your two-pocket folder with three-ring center? (5 pts.)YES
NO
Did you show the teacher your Parent Signature? (5 pts.)
YES
NO
January 30 — note cards due
Did you show the teacher your one pack of 3x5 notecards? (5 pts.)YES
NO
Did you buy your own copy of The Catcher in the Rye to mark up? (optional)
YES
NO
January 31 — select a topic
View a list of potential paper topics:Choose a topic for your paper and type it here:
(5 points)
1) Catcher is largely autobiographical.
February 4 — thesis due
Your thesis tells your readers what point you will be making and defending about the novel.For a guide to writing your thesis (and some examples) click here.
Write your thesis here:
(5 points)
In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, The author J.D. Salinger is very much like the character Holden that he writes about. His real life relates to many things Holden does in the book. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty lost and confused in the world.
February 5 — identify three main body topics
Your three main body topics are the main topics you will use to defend your thesis.You should use at least three different subtopics (main bodies) to defend your thesis in the paper.
Many students use 4, 5, or even more main body topics to organize their papers.
THREE IS JUST A MINIMUM.
Please enter (at least) three main body topics here:
(5 points)
1)
2)
3)
February 6 — introductory paragraph due
Your intro paragrpah tells your readers the thesis of your paper, and briefly outlines the main body paragraph topics you will use to prove and defend your thesis.Type (or link to) your Introductory Paragraph here:
(10 points)
Jerome David Salinger was born on January first 1919 in New York City. He started his reputation on a single novel, The Catcher in the Rye, which was written in 1951. The principal character in the book, Holden Caulfield, wrote about the growing pains of a generation of high school and college students.In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, The author J.D. Salinger is very much like the character Holden that he writes about. His real life relates to many things Holden does in the book. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty lost and confused in the world.
February 7 — critical articles (secondary sources) due
You need at least three secondary sources (essays or articles about the novel written by professional critics) from which you will quote the words of the author/critic to help defend your thesis.List the titles and authors of your three secondary sources here:
(5 points)
1)Salinger Then and Now Kaitlyn harkins
2) harkins article 2
3) harkins artlicle 3
NOTE: It is a good idea to find more than three articles in case you change your mind about using one of them. Remember, your final paper must have a total of 8-15 quotes from these secondary sources to help you make your point and defend your thesis. These eight quotes must come from at least three different secondary sources.
February 8 — secondary source quotes
Using each of your three articles at least once, select at least 8 details or quotes from your articles to defend thesis.YOU MUST LIST THE QUOTE, THE SOURCE OF THE QUOTE, AND THE MAIN BODY TOPIC OF YOUR PAPER WHERE YOU WILL USE THE QUOTE.
List at least eight quotes from secondary sources here:
(5 points)
1) QUOTE: Like Holden, he was restless in fashionable prep schools, and he was finally sent to Valley Forge Military Academy, a model for Pencey Prep in his novel.
TITLE & PAGE: 1- J.D Salinger
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: education
2) QUOTE:After dropping out of Ursinus, he went to other schools only to fail again and again, and finally ended up at Columbia University
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: education
3) QUOTE:Salinger and Holden are also similar because of their many failed attempts to find a meaningful, lasting relationship with a woman. The failed relationships in Holden's life include Sally Hayes, Jane Gallagher, three older women in a lounge, and the prostitute, Sunny. On the other hand, Salinger's situation was not much better. His first love, Oona, left him, and his first two marriages ended in divorce (Salinger, Margaret).
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:confused
4) QUOTE:"Salinger said that his own childhood was much like that of the boy Holden Caulfield."
TITLE & PAGE:J.D Salinger page 1
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: family
5) QUOTE: "Raised in Manhattan, Salinger was the second of two children of a prosperous Jewish importer and a Scots- Irish mother."
TITLE & PAGE:J.D salinger page 1
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC: family
6) QUOTE:"The attitude of Salinger has been found in much of his writing as there is a pattern throughout his work of impatience with the tedium of formal learning and academic types."
TITLE & PAGE: J.D salinger page 3
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:education
7) QUOTE:In the book, Holden hates being in social environments and having to talk to people,J.D. Salinger is exactly the same. He does not enjoy being in the public or having anyone know what is going on in his life.
TITLE & PAGE:Salinger and Holden Caulfield Of, "Catcher in the Rye"
AUTHOR:Kyle Mori
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
8) QUOTE:
TITLE & PAGE:
AUTHOR:
SUBTOPIC:
(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)
February 11 — primary source quotes
Please select at least 10 details from the novel to defend thesis Feb 11List them here:
(5 points)
1) QUOTE: "This is about the fourth school I've gone to." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 9
SUBTOPIC: education
2) QUOTE: "The worst he will do, he"ll give me hell again, and then he'll send me to that goddam military school." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 166
SUBTOPIC: education
3) QUOTE::"They kicked me out. i wasn't supposed to come back after christmas vacation, on account of i was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all."
PAGE NUMBER: 4
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
4) QUOTE: "I don't even know what I was running for, i guess i just felt like it."
PAGE NUMBER: page 5
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
5) QUOTE: What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse.
PAGE NUMBER: page 5
SUBTOPIC: lost and confused
6) QUOTE:The nuns kept asking me if I was sure I could afford it. i told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but they didn't seem to believe me." (Holden)
PAGE NUMBER: 110
SUBTOPIC: family
7) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
8) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
9) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
10) QUOTE:
PAGE NUMBER:
SUBTOPIC:
(Feel free to add additional quotes here, using the same format as above)
February 12 — outline your main body
Please arrange your 10 primary source quotes and your 8 secondary source quotes into an outline of the body of your critical paper.In other words, list the quotes in the order you will use them under each main body topic.
If you use a word document to do this, this could become the framework for your actual paper (because you could type your own writing in between the quotes after you've arranged them in order in this outline, thus creating a draft of your actual paper).
Please post (or link to) a word document containing the outline of your main body (everything but your intro and conclusion) here:
(5 points)
February 13 — first draft of main body
Write a draft of the body of your paper for peer review.Please create a link to this first draft, calling it (YOURNAME)'S FIRST DRAFT, as a new wiki page.
Ask at least three of your classmates to read your draft (you might need to tell them where to find it by emailing them a link).
Students will be expected to read each other's drafts and leave comments in the discussion board.
(10 points)
February 14 — peer review
List the names of at least three of your classmates whose first drafts you read and commented upon:(5 points)
1)
2)
3)
At this point, begin revising your draft and come up with a second rough draft.
February 19 — final rough draft
Submit a paper copy of your final draft of the body to the teacher.(20 points)
February 21 — rough draft of conclusion paragraph
Please type (or link to) the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here:(5 points)
February 22 — final draft of conclusion paragraph
Revise your conclusion paragraph and present a copy to your teacher today.Also, please type (or link to) the rough draft of your conclusion paragraph here:
(10 points)
Many people in the book are just like people that were actually in Salingers life. There were many quotes throughout the book that proved that certain things were actually autobiographical. There have been many sourses also in which show that many things that Holden does, Salinger did also. Salingers character Holden is very autobiographical because they had problems with there family, education, and were both pretty secluded and unsure in the world.
February 25 — Works Cited Page due
Turn in a paper copy of your works cited page to your teacher today!Link to the Word document of your works cited page here:
(20 points)
February 27 — CRITICAL PAPER DUE!!!
Turn in the final draft of critical paper TODAY, including:a) note cards
b) outline of body
c) all rough drafts
d) completed checklist, signed
e) final draft of paper, typed, double spaced (5-7 pgs.)
f) final works cited / references page
(100 points)
March 5 — TURN IT IN (dot com)
Today is the final day for MANDATORY submission of your final critical paper to www.turnitin.comFAILURE TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON YOUR PAPER!
Hooray!! You're done!
Now let's have some fun making our Julius Caesar movie!